After our visit to East Point on Friday, I recalled that we had had a recommendation to visit a pond near Fortune's Rocks Beach where various ducks could often be seen. I couldn't remember all the details, but we took the small detour and found ourselves at Etherington Pond and we certainly saw some ducks.
But first a house finch - because she posed so nicely.
Then there were the dabblers:
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| American black ducks |
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| Two more, the right hand one possibly indicating some hybridization with mallard |
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| This makes me smile. Three mallards up-ended in the pond. |
And the divers (in this case all buffleheads):
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| Female (L) and male (R). We saw at least six, but it was hard to count as they were spending a good deal of the time out of sight below the water. |
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| The males' extremely white head patches were a photography challenge. |
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